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The Spiritual Brain: A Neuroscientist's Case for the Existence of the Soul
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Andrew B. Newberg, Eugene G. D'Aquili, Vince Rause · 240 pages
How God Changes Your Brain: Breakthrough Findings from a Leading Neuroscientist
Andrew B. Newberg, Mark Robert Waldman · 360 pages
God is great--for your mental, physical, and spiritual health. That's the finding of this startling, authoritative, and controversial book by the bestselling authors of Born to Believe. Based on new evidence culled from their brain-scan studies on memory patients and meditators, their Web-based survey of people's religious and spiritual experiences, and their analyses of adult drawings of God, neu
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
Sam Harris · 256 pages
For the millions of Americans who want spirituality without religion, Waking Up is a guide to meditation as a rational practice informed by neuroscience and psychology. From Sam Harris, neuroscientist and author of numerous New York Times bestselling books, Waking Up is for the twenty percent of Americans who follow no religion but who suspect that important truths can be found in the experienc
DMT: The Spirit Molecule
Rick Strassman · 320 pages
The Believing Brain: From Ghosts and Gods to Politics and Conspiracies How We Construct Beliefs and Reinforce Them as Truths
Michael Shermer · 385 pages
Shermer demonstrates how our brains selectively assess data in an attempt to confirm the conclusions (beliefs) we've already reached. Drawing on evolution, cognitive science, and neuroscience, he considers not only supernatural beliefs but political and economic ones as well.
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
Jill Bolte Taylor · 188 pages
A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness
Michael Pollan · 320 pages
Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom
Rick Hanson, Richard Mendius · 348 pages
The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom
Jonathan Haidt · 297 pages
Applies the latest findings in psychology and brain research to the wisdom of the ancients to define what makes people happy and how you can find more happiness in your life. Confirms and builds on the happiness formula defined by other psychologists: H=S+C+V or Happiness = your biological Setpoint + the Conditions of your life + the Voluntary activities you do
Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife
Eben Alexander · 196 pages
"A SCIENTIST'S CASE FOR THE AFTERLIFE Near-death experiences, or NDEs, are controversial. Thousands of people have had them, but many in the scientific community have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those people. A highly trained neurosurgeon who had operated on thousands of brains in the course of his career, Alexander knew that what people of faith call the "soul"
Anatomy of the Soul: Surprising Connections Between Neuroscience and Spiritual Practices that Can Transform Your Life and Relationships
Curt Thompson · 304 pages
The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness
Yongey Mingyur, Eric Swanson · 280 pages
For millennia, Buddhists have enjoyed the limitless benefits of meditation. But how does it work? And why? The principles behind this ancient practice have long eluded some of the best minds in modern science. Until now.In this groundbreaking work, world-renowned Buddhist teacher Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche invites us to join him in unlocking the secrets behind the practice of meditation. Working with
The Embodied Mind: Cognitive Science and Human Experience
Francisco J. Varela, Evan Thompson, Eleanor Rosch · 322 pages
This classic book, first published in 1991, was one of the first to propose the "embodied cognition" approach in cognitive science. It pioneered the connections between phenomenology and science and between Buddhist practices and science--claims that have since become highly influential. Through this cross-fertilization of disparate fields of study, The Embodied Mind introduced a new form of cogni
Consciousness Beyond Life: The Science of the Near-Death Experience
Pim van Lommel · 442 pages
"Dr. Pim van Lommel, a renowned cardiologist, was so inspired by the stories his patients told of their Near Death Experiences (NDEs) that he became the first medical practitioner to risk his reputation with a full, systematic trial into the phenomenon. He interviewed 344 heart patients at his hospital who had all clinically died, some for five minutes or longer, before being resuscitated. Of thes
On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You're Not
Robert A. Burton
Mind Hacks: Tips & Tricks for Using Your Brain
Tom Stafford, Matt Webb · 363 pages
**Printing History** November 2004: First Edition
If Only Happiness Was a No-Brainer: The Neuroscience and Psychology Behind Emotions and Living Well
Yair Aizenman · 278 pages
The Field: The Quest for the Secret Force of the Universe
Lynne McTaggart · 268 pages
Science has recently begun to prove what ancient myth and religion have always espoused: There may be such a thing as a life force.Lynne McTaggart, indefatigable investigative journalist, reveals a radical new biological paradigm -- that on our most fundamental level, the human mind and body are not distinct and separate from their environment but a packet of pulsating power constantly interacting
Pink Brain, Blue Brain: How Small Differences Grow Into Troublesome Gaps -- And What We Can Do About It
Lise Eliot · 432 pages
A neuroscientist shatters the myths about gender differences, arguing that the brains of boys and girls are largely shaped by how they spend their time, and offers parents and teachers concrete ways to avoid reinforcing harmful stereotypes.
The Switch on your Brain
Caroline Leaf · 241 pages
The author offers a Christianity-based prescription for better health and wholeness through correct thinking patterns, declaring that we are not victims of our biology and sharing with readers the "switch" in our brains that enables us to live happier, healthier, more enjoyable lives in which we can achieve our goals, maintain our weight, and even become more intelligent.
How We Decide
Jonah Lehrer · 302 pages
How We Decide provides insight into how people make decisions. The book approaches this question from a scientific perspective, and uses real world examples to help the reader understand.
Seeing Voices
Oliver Sacks · 186 pages
A neurologist investigates the world of the deaf, examining their past and present treatment at the hands of society, and assesses the value and significance of sign language.
The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey into the Dark Side of the Brain
James Fallon · 246 pages
A compelling career memoir by an award-winning neuroscientist describes how while studying his own family's brain scans for research he made the disturbing discovery that his own reflected a pattern he recognized from those in the brains of serial killers, a finding that offered new insights into the role of biology in behavior.